These dinosaurs were unlikely to pose much of a threat to Karin; they couldn't even get past Naomi's arrows. Although it seemed like she didn't know Armament Haki, her arrowheads were extremely sharp, their destructive power not inferior to firearms.
Of course, compared to the Amazonian warriors of Kuja in terms of power, they might be somewhat lacking, which was also why she made explosive arrows as an auxiliary means of attack.
-But Naomi wasn't without her merits… at least her accuracy was better than the female warriors.
After dealing with the dinosaurs, the trio and the lizard ventured deeper into the island.
"Huh? We're not eating?"
Clearly, Olga was deeply fixated on tasting dinosaur meat. After two hundred years of coexistence, she had watched these dinosaurs roam arrogantly on the island for two hundred years while she could only miserably eat some fruits.
"Let's do the important things first. By the way, didn't you just eat a lot?"
Karin somewhat helplessly grabbed the little girl by the back of her collar. From the back, it even held a hint of Naruto's demeanor.
Although they were inside a fish's belly, it wasn't pitch black as one might imagine. On the contrary, there was a small orange-yellow sun hanging in the sky… that was the golden light from the lantern in front of Lord Lantern's head, shining through its skin.
"Wow! It's really like this here?"
Not to mention Karin, even Olga, the island's native resident, was seeing the island's inner area for the first time.
Unlike the scenery of the outer coastline, the further towards the center of the island, the denser the trees and grass. Until vines completely blocked the path ahead, Karin had to transform into a giant bird to carry the others into the air to continue searching the island.
Compared to the shock Elizabeth and Naomi felt at Karin transforming into a giant bird, Olga was more amazed at seeing the entire island clearly for the first time. This island couldn't exactly be called the main island of Alchemi. Strictly speaking, it was formed by fragments of Alchemi colliding and merging with other islands. There weren't many remains of man-made structures on the island, and they were mostly clustered on the outskirts. So, after sweeping over it a few times, Karin planned to head to the second stomach.
But just then, Olga suddenly tugged at the feathers on Karin's neck, hugging her tightly while pointing downwards.
"Grab one before we go, grab one before we go…"
Following the little girl's pointing finger, Karin felt speechless. The little girl still hadn't given up on the idea of eating dinosaur meat. Perhaps because Olga was really making Karin's head hurt with her noise, Karin simply lowered her altitude and picked the most 'plump' one among a group of panicked, running dinosaurs.
'Hmm? This feeling is off.'
Feeling the feedback from her talons, Karin looked down, puzzled. Looking closely this time, she realized the 'pterosaur' she had grabbed was actually a man wearing a dinosaur costume.
'Were there other living people on this island?'
When this man met Karin's gaze, with her head larger than his own, his face instantly turned pale, and he murmured incredulously,
"How can this be? The ecology here… shouldn't have creatures of this size…"
As Karin's head approached, the man could no longer worry about academic questions. He directly pulled out a wooden spear from behind, closed his eyes, and waved it back and forth, trying to scare away the 'giant beast' in front of him. This scene left Karin utterly speechless.
"Stop struggling… or I'll drop you right now."
Hearing Karin's voice, the man opened his eyes in disbelief.
"I-it spoke!"
The next moment, perhaps because he had received too much information in a short time, this somewhat unkempt-looking man fainted.
…
When Myskina Acier was splashed with cold water and woke from his coma, he saw three women, two adults and one child, in front of him.
'Huh? Where am I?'
The memory fragments stopped at the last scene. Acier subconsciously recalled: it was a giant bird, a prehistoric monster… its size alone was enough to devour all life on the island. He had been quietly waiting in the dinosaur nest for the mother dinosaur to come feed him, but instead of food, he almost became food himself.
Remembering this, Acier sprang up from the ground like he'd been shocked, his eyes darting around.
"That giant bird? Be careful, there's dang…er."
As he uttered the last word, his eyes finally refocused. Skipping over the two women with voluptuous figures, his gaze settled on Olga. And Olga was looking back at him with a complex expression.
This scene left Karin and Naomi scratching their heads. Ever since putting down this man in the dinosaur costume, Olga had been uncharacteristically silent, not saying a word. At the same time, she kept staring at this chubby man with a complex gaze mixed with hatred and attachment. This gave Karin a hint of suspicion.
The next moment, her suspicion was confirmed.
"Olga!! It's wonderful! My Olga! You're not dead!"
Acier's tears sprayed out uncontrollably, but he didn't care about appearances. He rushed towards Olga, wanting to hug his daughter after two hundred years apart. Naomi, having developed some prejudice against Acier's appearance, subconsciously prepared to shoot an arrow but was stopped by Karin's outstretched hand.
"Unnecessary. He means no harm."
Karin shook her head, signaling for Naomi to just watch quietly.
Acier rushed forward a few steps. As he crouched to hug his daughter, Olga, with a fierce look, leapt up and stomped on the man's face.
Fortunately, the little girl wasn't very strong. Apart from blocking the man's bear hug and leaving a shoe print on his face, she didn't cause any real harm. What truly stopped the man's advance was himself.
"You good-for-nothing father who got Mom killed! Stay away from me!"
These words almost pierced Acier's heart, which had just revived from the brink of death. Memories of the past resurfaced.
That was two hundred years ago, on the island of Alchemi before it was swallowed by the big fish.
"It's all Dad's fault! If you hadn't created [Pure Gold], none of this would have happened! Mom wouldn't have been killed by pirates!"
The little girl roared at her father, and the father could only show a bitter expression, unable to refute.
"I'm getting rid of this junk!"
After saying that, she raised the ring embedded with Pure Gold high. And the glow of Pure Gold attracted Lord Lantern. After that, the island of Alchemi completely disappeared, though legends of Pure Gold still circulated among pirates in that sea.
Back to the present. Feeling his daughter's hatred, Acier's sadness overflowed once more, just like two hundred years ago when he fell into the fish's belly and thought his daughter was dead.
Acier didn't blame his daughter, nor did he plan to explain much. He just silently retreated a few steps until he reached a distance that no longer made Olga 'feel uncomfortable', then plopped down.
"Just being alive is good… just being alive is good…"
"Olga, it's really wonderful that you survived."
On that unkempt face, the man showed a tearful smile.